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Vocab Unit 11

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1.

ALLUDE

  • V. To refer to casually or indirectly
  • Syn: suggest
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2.

CLAIRVOYANT

  • Adj. supernaturally perceptive n. One who possesses extrasensory powers, seer
  • Syn: adj. insightful n. Visionart
  • Ant: adj. blind
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3.

CONCLUSIVE

  • Adj. serving to settle an issue; final
  • Syn: decisive
  • Ant: unsettled
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4.

DISREPUTABLE

  • Adj. not respectable, not esteemed
  • Syn: disgraceful
  • ant: honest
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5.

ENDEMIC

  • Adj. native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
  • Syn: indigenous
  • Ant: alien
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6.

EXEMPLARY

  • Adj. worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
  • Syn: praiseworthy
  • Ant: infamous
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7.

FATHOM

  • V. To understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; n. A measure of depth in water
  • Syn: V. Grasp
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8.

GUILE

  • N. Treacherous cunning, deceit
  • Syn: trickery
  • ant: candor
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9.

INTEGRITY

  • N. Honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
  • syn: rectitude
  • Ant: dishonesty
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10.

ITINERARY

  • N. A route of travel; a record of travel ; a guidebook
  • Syn: schedule
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11.

MISCONSTRUE

  • V. To interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
  • Syn: misjudge
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12.

OBNOXIOUS

  • Adj. highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
  • Syn: disagreeable
  • Ant: agreeable
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13.

PLACATE

  • V. To appease, soothe, pacify
  • Syn: satisfy
  • ant: vex, irk
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14.

PLAcid

  • Adj. calm, peaceful
  • Syn: undisturbed
  • ant: stormy
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15.

POTENT

  • Adj. powerful; highly effective
  • Syn: mighty
  • Ant: weak
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16.

PRETEXT

  • N. A false reason, deceptive excuse
  • Syn: pretense
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17.

PROTRUDE

  • V. To stick out, thrust forth
  • Syn: project, bulge
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18.

REPARATION

  • N. A payment made for a wrong or an injury
  • Syn: compensation
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19.

STARK

  • Adj. harsh, unrelieved, desolate (adv. utterly
  • Syn: adj. sheer (adv. absolutely
  • Ant: adj. bright
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20.

SUPERFICIAL

  • Adj. on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what s on the surface, shallow
  • Syn: skin-deep
  • ant: deep
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